Unity High School - Monitor Yearbook (Unity, ME)

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EDITORIALS THIS YOUNGER GENERATION Perhaps the grown-ups who read this edi- torial won't appreciate it very much, but, really, I think something should be done. Everywhere I go 1 hear the grown-ups say- ing, What is this younger generation com- ing to? and My, things certainly have changed since I went to School. They all make these remarks in a despairing tone of voice, as if the prospects for our future are not very bright. I really think some of these people are feeling a little sorry that all these new- fangled things didn't happen to them. Today, girls go flitting around with short, skimpy skirts and frizzled hair. The boys wear flashy ties and are continually pufiing away on a cigarette or are madly chewing for some new gum manufacturer. My, yes, how times have changed! Why, Grandma wouldn't think of showing her ankles, to say nothing of running around on a basketball court half-dressed the way we young folks do now. And the men-why, if they as much as winked at a young lady in public they were considered very impudent and ill-man- nered. I think life must have been very dull for those poor young fellows. Why, they couldn't even give that genuine wolf-call of today without being shunned by all! A woman's place is in the home, they used to say. But look around today! Women even hold positions in our government and are managers and owners of large business firms. I still think a woman's place is in the home, but I can see no reason why, if she pre- fers business to home life, she shouldn't be given an opportunity to go ahead. Yes, times have changed our nice young people into little 'hood1ums'! So some say, and they have no doubt of it when the high school boys and girls really get hot with a new jitterbug step or start Hjazzing up the good old songs of yesterday. If the grown-ups would only remember the time when they were our ages, I don't imagine they would find everyday life so very different. They had their own crazy dances and popular music just as we do now. I don't think the younger generation has changed so very much, do you? Dorothy Mason '47 Editor-in-Chief A TYPICAL DAY AT U. H. S. It is 8:20 on the morning of a typical day at Unity High School. By bus, by car, and on foot, the pupils of U. H. S. arrive from their various homes. A newcomer would be rather dumbfounded to hear the rat-tat from Room 1. He would be dumbfounded, that is, unless he knew that the ominous rat-tat was merely the everlasting game of ping-pong. At 8:25 the opening bell rings, and the pupils all rush to their respective rooms for the attendance to be taken. At 8:30, after the Lord's Prayer, the bell rings and with apprehensive hearts we file to our various classes. It is in the middle of the physics class, and Michael Vickery is telling us all just how he would find the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane, when we hear four bells on the fire alarm system. Instantly we all freeze to attention and march out of the building. This is our fire drill and we find after return- ing that we have broken our former record of twenty-six seconds. The second and third periods pass quite uneventfully, except that Robert Tweedie and Barbara Maxim are caught chewing gum. Then at 11:30 the noon bell rings and we go upstairs fkeep rightlj and come down fkeep leftlj with our hot lunches, which are pre- pared by the Home Economics girls. After lunch that eternal game of ping- pong starts again. Our most interesting tournaments are between Junior McCormick and Michael Vickery. In fact, Michael's facial expressions alone are worth the price of ad- missions. Again at 12:00 the bell rings and we go back to the old routine of classes until 3:00, when we have one half hour of activity. In the fall and spring, this is when we practice softball and baseball. If we were one of those lucky schools who are blessed with a gymnasium, this would also be the time when we would practice basketball. For those who are behind in their work, this is the time set aside for special help or make-up work. We now have a skating rink, which will mean another sport for our activity period. At 3:30 the final bell rings, and school at U. H. S. is over for another day. Marjorie Myrick '47 Assistant Editor Page Seven

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MONITOR STAFF Front row, left to right: B. Myrick, B. Hamlin, B. Maxim, J. Pratt, D. Mason, M. Myrick, R. Rollins, M. Reynolds. Back row, left to right: A. Danforth, K. Tozier, Jr., F. Tozier, E. Walker, R. Tweedie, Mrs. Hicks, M. Viclcery, B. Reynolds, K. Fernald, E. Brillard, L. Rennebu, A. McCor- mick, Jr. fabsentj. Editor-in-Chief ,... Assistant Editors. . . Business Manager. ,.,.., . . Assistant Business Managers. . , Athletic Editors .,.,....,. Literary Editors, . . Joke Editor ....,.... . Assistant Joke Editor. , . Alumni Editors ,...., Exchange Editor .,.. . Senior Class Editor. . . , Junior Class Editor ,... . Sophomore Class Editor. . . Freshman Class Editor. . . Page Six ...,...,....,,..Dor0thyMason . . . .Marjorie Myrick, Janice Pratt . . . . , . . . . . . ,Alton McCormick, Jr. Michael Vickery, Kenneth Tozier, Jr. .Robert Tweedie, Barbara Hamlin . . . .Eva Brillard, Lorraine Rennebu ...............EdWard Walker ..,.............Alton Danforth . . .Barbara Maxim, Barbara Myrick Rollins , , . .Frank Tozier . . .Barbara Reynolds . . . . .Kay Fernald , Mary Reynolds

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Page Eight THE SENIORS ALTON McCORMlCK, JR. Junior College Course Life without sport is not lifef, Physical Education, 1, 2, Monitor Staff, 1, 2, 3, 45 Antioch Board, 1, 2, 35 Editor-in-Chief, 3, Senior Play, 43 Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Baseball, 1, 2, 3, 43 Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4, One-Act Play, 2, Bazaar Play, lg Class President, 1, Class Treasurer 4. Play, 23 Bazaar Play, 1, Class President, lg Class Treasurer 4, Class Will. DOROTHY MASON Dot College Course Full of pep, full of fun, A laugh and smile for everyone. Basketball, 2, 3, 45 Softball, 2, 3, 45 Class President, 3, 4g Na- tional Honor Society, 45 Senior Play, 3, 41 Prize Speaking, 2, Interscholastic Prize Speaking, 3, Monitor StaH, 3, 45 Editor- in-Chief, 45 Antioch Board, 2, 3, 43 Glee Club, 2, 3, 45 Spear Speaking Contest, 4g Salutatory. BARBARA MAXIM Squirt General Course lil rather be small and shine, Than be large and cast a shadowf' Basketball, 1, 2, 33 Prize Speaking, 3, Class Secretary, 1, 4, Monitor Staff, 1, 2, 3, 4g Senior Play, 4g Softball, 1, 2, 3, 45 Cheerleader, 4, Antioch Board, 4, Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Class Gifts. BEVERLY MAXIM Bev General Course A smile for all, a welcome glad, A jovial coaxing way she hadf, Glee Club, 3, 4, Bazaar, 15 Class Treasurer, 13 Class Vice President, 43 Monitor Staff, 35 Antioch Board, 4, Senior Play, 45 Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4, Softball, 1, 2, 3, 4, Class Prophecy. GEORGE MOODY Moody General Course F ull of fun and quiet too, Always happy, never lzluef, Antioch Board, 43 Basketball, 2, 3, 4, Librarian, 3, 4, Monitor Staff, 3, Senior Play, 4, Class Secretary, 35 Class Prophecy.